GA airplane shipments and billings for the first half of 2007 totaled 1,883, a 1.7% increase over the same period last year, with billings rising 11.7% to $9.8 billion, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Shipments of piston planes were down slightly from the same period last year to 1,226, a 4.2% decrease. Turboprop […]
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“We’re making it personal. The Cessna SkyCatcher — that’s what ‘it’ is and that is what it does.” — Jack Pelton, Cessna president and CEO “We did it again.” — Vern Raburn, president and CEO of Eclipse Aviation, when introducing the Eclipse Concept jet “We need to make flying easier.” — Alan Klapmeier, co-founder of […]
Survivor: AirVenture
Well, I survived one more Oshkosh experience! As I have for just about every year since 1970, I journeyed to Oshkosh for the annual EAA aviation extravaganza the last week of July. As usual, there was a huge crowd of planes, campers and people on hand. I don’t have any sort of count, but let […]
ROBYN ROCKS!
“Fear, full frontal nudity…and real estate” by Robyn Sclair in the July 20 issue is one of the best, funniest articles GANews has published! As a faithful GANews reader, I always look forward to the mail when “it is that time of month.” I then proceed to stay up too late and read from cover-to-cover with […]
TOO MANY ERRORS
First let me say how I enjoy reading your magazine, but the June 22 edition has some errors that I cannot leave alone! The Stinson article is one of them (A good flying airplane: Raised around Stinsons, Don Baggett finally gets one of his own). The V-77/AT-19 was indeed manufactured for the British, where it […]
LSA RULE IS DISCRIMINATORY
While I am sympathetic to Cessna 140 owners wishing to fly their planes as Light Sport Aircraft, I ask a larger question — why can’t I fly my 172 as an LSA? That is to say, me and one passenger, day VFR? I am 6 foot, 3 inches and weigh rather more than the “average” […]
ANOTHER VOTE FOR GREATESTAIRCRAFT EVER
In Alaska, I would have to vote for the workhorse deHavilland Beaver: Hauling passengers, search dogs, fuel, equipment, ice, supplies, and supporting missions like search and rescue, medevac, recreation, flight-seeing, mining, logging, hunting, commercial fishing, and more. The Beaver has been the main plane in Alaska for half a century. The slightly more modern Cessna […]
CONFUSED? I DOUBT IT
I feel compelled to respond to the letter titled “Stephen Hawking Confused?” in the June 22 issue submitted by James F. Jackson from Carlisle, Ind. I got a good hearty chuckle from Mr. Jackson’s letter as he attempted to explain to us all how the “Zero-G” 727 simulates zero gravity. I had to think for a […]
A (really) Young Eagle
How early is too early to get your kids into aviation? The Webb family of Appleton, Wis., thought it was about time that the youngest, 9-month-old Cheslee, learn what EAA AirVenture and the Young Eagles program was all about. Note the placement of the “Young Eagle” button on her shirt. Kirk Webb, the proud papa, […]